REPORT PREPARATION

7.1.1 Lead Agency

California Public Utilities Commission
Paul Clanon, Director Energy Division
Bruce Kaneshiro, Project Manager
Andrew Barnsdale, Environmental Projects Manager
Fred Harris, Legal Counsel

7.1.2 Consultants

Gary Oates, M.A. - President
Mark Winsor, Ph.D. - Project DirectorPaul Miller, M.S., R.E.A. - Project Manager, Air Quality
Tim Morgan - Deputy Project Manager, Air Quality, Utilities and Services Systems
Nanette Sartoris - Project Description, Cumulative Analysis
Rich Masters, P.E. - Geological Problems, Water
Erik Brown - Air Quality
Jeff Wehling, Esq. - Air Quality
Chris Sanchez, R.E.A. - Noise
Bob Vranka, Ph.D. - Health Risk Assessment Review, Air Quality
Paul Mitchell -Transportation and Circulation, Recreation, Land Use, Public Services, Utilities Mike Podlech, M.S. - Biological Resources
Tom Roberts, M.S., C.W.B. - Biological ResourcesMax Rodel, M.S. - Hazards, Energy and Mineral ResourcesBruce MacKay, M.A. - Utilities and Services Systems, Aesthetics
Dail Miller, M.A. - Technical Review, Alternatives Analysis
Chris Mueller, M.C.P. - Technical Coordination and Review
Lisa Bautista – Word Processing
Perry Jung – Graphics
Gus JaFolla - Administrative
Barnaby Ugarte - Administrative

Cassidy, Cheatham, Shimko & Dawson - Legal Review

Anna Shimko, Esq., Principal
Yuri Won, Esq.

Pittman & Hames - Land Use and Planning, Population and Housing, Public Services

Donna Pittman, M.A., Principal
Val Menotti, Project Analyst

Sierra Energy and Risk Assessment - Project Description, Project Modeling, Utilities and Service Systems

Robert Weatherwax, M.S., Principal
Ken Weatherwax, Project Analyst
Robert Logan, Ph.D., Project Analyst
Ken Tang, Ph.D., Production Cost Modeling

M.Cubed - Project Description, Economic Forecasting

Richard McCann, M.S., Partner
Steve Moss, M.S., Project Analyst

Public Affairs Management – Public and Agency Outreach

Kay Wilson, President
Bonnie Nixon, Principal
Mathew Trask, Project Manager
Gina Bartlett, Project Coordinator
Julie Ortiz, M.A., Deputy Project Manager

Ballard George – Acoustic Engineer

Hanson Environmental, Inc. - Biological Resources

Charles Hanson, Ph.D., Principal

Mooney & Associates - Cultural Resources

Richard Carrico, M.A., Project Manager

The CPUC conducted seven scoping meetings to provide the general public and government agencies opportunities to identify significant environmental issues and to propose alternatives that should be considered in the preparation of the EIR. In addition to the scoping meetings, four public information meetings were also held. These meetings are discussed in Section 7.3.2.

7.2.1 Agency Meeting Schedule

• Contra Costa County Department of Public Works
• City of Antioch Department of Public Works
• City of Clayton Department of Public Works
• City of Concord Department of Public Works
• City of Brentwood Department of Public Works
• City of Martinez Department of Public Works
• City of Danville Department of Public Works
• City of Lafayette Department of Public Works

• Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District
• Sonoma County Public Works Department
• Sonoma County Environmental Health Services Department
• Sonoma County Administration Office
• Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management
• Sonoma County Regional Water Quality Control Board

• Lake County Air Quality Management District
• Lake County Board of Supervisors
• Lake County Special Districts
• Lake County Planning Department

• City of Pittsburg Planning Division
• City of Pittsburg Department of Community Development
• City of Antioch Planning Department

• City and County of San Francisco Planning Department
• City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment
• City and County of San Francisco Department of Public Health
• City and County of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Hetch Hetchy Water and Power

• City and County of San Francisco Planning Department
• City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment
• City and County of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Hetch Hetchy Water and Power
• Grueneich Resources Advocates
• California Environmental Associates

• City and County of San Francisco Planning Department
• City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment
• City and County of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Hetch Hetchy Water and Power
• Grueneich Resources Advocates
• California Environmental Associates

6.2.2 Organizations and Persons Consulted

The following individuals participated in agency consultations:

Hillary E. Gittelman, Environmental Review Officer

City and County of San Francisco Planning Department

Beryl Magilavy, Director

City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment

Laurie Park, Water & Power Resource Manager

City and County of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Hetch Hetchy Water and Power

Richard J. Lee, Senior Industrial Hygienist/Special Projects Program Manager

City and County of San Francisco Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Management

Dian M. Grueneich, J.D., Consultant to the City and County of San Francisco

Grueneich Resources Advocates

Peter Okurowski, Senior Associate, Consultant to the City and County of San Francisco

California Environmental Associates

Many other Agency representatives were invited to participate in consultations but were unable to attend.

The following individuals participated in agency consultations:

Mike Walford, Director

Contra Costa County Department of Public Works

Ron Bendorff, Associate Planner

City of Antioch Department of Community Development

Joe Brandt, Director of Public Works

City of Antioch Department of Public Works

Rick Angrisawi, City Engineer

City of Clayton Department of Public Works

Mike Vogan, Director of Maintenance Services

City of Concord Department of Public Works

Lynne Filson, Associate City Engineer

City of Brentwood Department of Public Works

Jim Zumwalt, City Engineer

City of Martinez Department of Public Works

Steve Lake, City Engineer

City of Danville Department of Public Works

Tony Coe, Engineering Services Manager

City of Lafayette Department of Public Works

Nasser A. Shirazi, Director/City Engineer

City of Pittsburg Community Development Department

Randy Jerome, Manager/Zoning Administrator

City of Pittsburg Planning Division

Many other Agency representatives were invited to participate in consultations but were unable to attend.

The following individuals participated in agency consultations:

Bob Tancreto, Senior Water Resource Control Engineer

Scott Gergus, Associate Engineering Geologist

North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board

Gary Kovacovitch, Principle Administrative Analyst

Sonoma County Administration Office

Barbara A. Lee, Air Pollution Control Officer

Alex Saschin, Air Quality Engineer

George Erdnam, District Air Quality Specialist

Shawn Connelly, District Air Quality Specialist

Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District

J.J. Krug, Division Director

Sonoma County Division of Environmental Health Services

Edward J. Walker, Director/Road Commissioner

Sonoma County Department of Transportation and Public Works

Sigrid Swedenborg, Planner/Geothermal Expert

Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management Department

Robert Reynolds, Air Pollution Control Officer

Ross L. Kauper, Deputy Air Pollution Control Officer

Lake County Air Quality Management District

D. Louise Talley, President/Supervisor of District 3

Lake County Board of Supervisors

Danielle Zalusky, Associate Planner

Lake County Planning Department

Mark Dellinger, Resources Manager

Lake County Special Districts

Many other Agency representatives were invited to participate in consultations but were unable to attend.

In compliance with CEQA guidelines, the CPUC, as the lead agency, prepared a Notice of Preparation (NOP), which was mailed on February 27, 1998, to state, local, federal, trustee and responsible agencies affected by the project. A copy of the NOP was posted for public review in the Contra Costa County Library, Lake County Library, Mendocino County Library, Napa City-County Library, San Francisco Public Library, Solano County Library and the Sonoma County Library.

In preparation for the Draft EIR, the CPUC sent a notice of public scoping meetings to more than 700 stakeholders, including residents and homeowners within one-quarter mile radius of the project areas, special interest groups, and local, regional and state governmental office holders and agencies.

Advertisements announcing the public meetings were placed in multiple papers throughout the geographic area of the project. The display advertisements were translated and placed in English, Spanish and Chinese language newspapers. The display advertisements were posted between the dates of February 27, 1998, and March 12, 1998, and between March 23, 1998, and March 26, 1998.

7.3.2 Public Meetings

The CPUC conducted four public scoping meetings to explain the environmental review process and to receive public comment on the scope of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). These were conducted in multiple locations convenient to residents that live near the power plants proposed for divestiture. On March 10, 1998, more than 50 individuals attended a public meeting at the Earl P. Mills Community Center in San Francisco. On March 12, 1998, more than 30 individuals attended a public meeting at Buchanan Park Community Center in Pittsburg. Two meetings were held in locations near the Geysers Geothermal Power Plant. One meeting was held in Calistoga on March 11, 1998, at the Napa County Fairgrounds, and more than 30 individuals attended. More than 35 people attended a second meeting in the area of the Geysers, which took place in the community of Cobb at the Cobb Community Center, Old Red Schoolhouse, on March 26, 1998.

7.3.3 List of EIR Scoping Letters Received

The following agencies, organizations, and individuals submitted letters in response to the February 13, 1998 Notice of Preparation of the Environmental Impact Report: